President Kennedy's main strategy in dealing with the Cuban Missile Crisis was
a. sending more troops to face Communist forces on the 17th Parallel.
b. imposing a naval blockade around Cuba until the crisis was resolved.
c. ordering the construction of new Jupiter missiles in Turkey.
d. conducting secret diplomacy without telling the public about the threat.
ANS: b
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a. was almost exclusively composed of singing, with supporting instruments rarely used. b. was rarely related to religious activity. c. employed various musical instruments, including the harp, bells, and the xylophone. d. was exported to the New World in the eleventh century. e. played no role in most communities.
The Whiskey Rebellion of 1794 arose in southwestern Pennsylvania when the federal government
a. levied an excise tax on whiskey. b. tried to prohibit the sale of whiskey. c. allowed the import of foreign whiskey. d. halted the export of American whiskey. e. tried to prohibit the manufacturing of whiskey.
The 1992 riot in South Central Los Angeles was sparked by __________.
a. a trial centering on police brutality b. a police crackdown on nonviolent drug offenders c. the verdict in the O. J. Simpson case d. school segregation
What best describes Woodrow Wilson's civil liberties record?
A. a few usages of an unconstitutional law, reserved only for major displays of dissent and treason B. an illegal and unconstitutional infringement of freedom of speech and political activity C. harsh in retrospect but not unusual for the era in which he served D. an unnecessary but legally approved repression on all displays of wartime dissent